A flight attendant used the aircraft's 120VAC system to charge a passenger's two portable oxygen con...

Narrative:

Passenger's poc (portable oxygen concentrator) low/neg battery level required the use of 2 pobs for duration of flight. Under this circumstance; could exception be made to charge poc battery using onboard 120V outlet?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant used the aircraft's 120VAC system to charge a passenger's two Portable Oxygen Concentrator batteries inflight. She was uncertain about her company's electrical use policy.

Narrative: Passenger's POC (Portable Oxygen Concentrator) low/neg battery level required the use of 2 POBs for duration of flight. Under this circumstance; could exception be made to charge POC battery using onboard 120V outlet?

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1253848
Time
Date	201504
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Electronic Device

A flight attendant used the aircraft's 120VAC system to charge a passenger's two portable oxygen concentrator batteries inflight. She was uncertain about her company's electrical use policy.